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 Posted: May 17, 08 4:58am When was the last time you were hit upside the head with the truth and your ego took a downward spiral as you accepted t...  The truth finally hit me a few weeks ago on the London Underground on a crowded carriage, when a pretty young lass (in her twenties according to my experienced eye), stood up and offered me her seat. Of course I declined, but her simple and generous offer really hit home! Posted: May 17, 08 5:09amThe truth finally hit me a few weeks ago on the London Underground on a crowded carriage, when a pretty young lass (in h... Oh my! Women are quite used to this gesture especially when they were preggie. It was always a gentlemanly gesture for me, (haven't ridden public transit for 15 years) when it was offered otherewise. However, I recall numerous times of offering my seat to the elderly and not receiving a refusal. Brit, I honestly, in your position, would be devastated that this happened and would just hope she was dizzy. However, the truth was spoken and you have arrived. We call it in the USA, grey power. You must think of it as a twist and turn entry into a new reckoning of the golden years. To comfort you, if I may, the funniest geezer experience my DH had, was in his 50's when an older, much older employee of McDonald's restaurant gave him the senior discount on a cup of coffee. It shocked us, but in reality, it was his premature salt and pepper hair, that is in truth how people view and treat others at visual face value. Posted: May 17, 08 6:17amWhen was the last time you were hit upside the head with the truth and your ego took a downward spiral as you accepted t... When I get out of the shower and see my mom's leg as I dry myself off . . . Posted: May 17, 08 6:21amThe truth finally hit me a few weeks ago on the London Underground on a crowded carriage, when a pretty young lass (in h... i am thinking of joining the gray panther movement :-)
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Posted: May 17, 08 6:23amThe truth finally hit me a few weeks ago on the London Underground on a crowded carriage, when a pretty young lass (in h... Roxley, I always pictured you in my mind as a grey cougar. Posted: May 17, 08 7:07amWhen was the last time you were hit upside the head with the truth and your ego took a downward spiral as you accepted t... Brit ... Yah needs to go to the market square and get a baseball cap that says "Old Fart" ..LOL LOL I knew I was getting older when my mom says to me "your looking more and more like your father"..!! Ma is 90 ..!
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Posted: May 17, 08 7:11amBrit ... Yah needs to go to the market square and get a baseball cap that says "Old Fart" ..LOL LOL I knew I was g... Being in a business suit and wearing a baseball cap announcing I'm an old fart is fodder for a rather interesting experience. | ADVERTISEMENT  |
